Method and apparatus for plowing



Jan. 13, 1931. J. GoMEz Y vlRTo METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLOWING Filed July 24. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Vf MNA W NE rse Gomez'y Wro Jan. E931, J. GOMEZ Y VIRTO METHOD AED APPARATUS FOR PLOWING Filed-July 24, 1929 4 sheets-skin 2 Jan 13, l931- J. GoMx-:z Y vlRTo` 1,788,604

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLOWING Filed July 24, 1929Y 4 Sheets-sheet 5 Jan.4 13, 1931. 1 GOMEZ Y V|RT0 l 1,788,694

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLOWING Filed AJuly 24, 1929 4 sheets-sheet 4 j 1753 Gomez y Vzlro kf. Patented dan. 13, '1931 tos'i' GOMEZ vf vrntro, p or LALASTELLANA, PIiILrr'rrn'rstANns ,s K

y Yianriiron4 Annnrrnnlirusnoartowme n The present invention relates to improve` i ments in methods or systemsot'cultivation and has reference y'more particularly tofa'n 5 large areas ofy ground'in a positiveV and eX- improved method` and apparatus for plowing" peditious manner. i i VA ,Y ,c

yOne of the lmportant objects of the present invent-ion resides 1n the provision oa pair ofV self-propelled tractors or other vehicles; that are arranged to'travel"inparallelrelation at opposite sides of the field or crops, a plowunit being adapted to travel transversely "acrossv the. ield between the vehicles to plow up the land between the growingcrops, and. means being provided` `for operatively connecting the'plow with vthe respective vehicles'. for efwith the winding np of the other cable around itsdrumor winch.k A furtherobjectiistoprovide an apparatus of theabove` mentioned character which p. in-4 cludes 4means for facilitating the raising ot' the plow or cultivator vafter thesame hastraversedonerow to permit the cultii'fator or plow unit to bedisposedin a reverse direc'- vtion, for Atraversing the: nexty adjacent `row l n when the unit is again lowered.

' connected aefree end .of the cable that lis un- 50 ythe plow or cultivator unit.

further object is to provide an apparatus ofy the abovel mentionedr character wherein the plow or cultivatorunit is equipped with a laterally yextending .arm for ldispositionV above ,the growing crops and to fwhicliarni is wound during thelmovement ofthe plowv or cultivator unit across `the ield,the;purpose of which is to provide means ior'laying or depositing the )aforementionedjcable inthe next adjacentrow that is'to be traversed: by

Another important objectof theinvention isk toprovide an apparatus of.` the above men:

'tioned character which" will reduce the num-r ber: o1e men necessary to plow up a large Aarea Y of g'round'andvat the saine tiineperfcr`m the p plowing operation .ina quick and` efcient 55, Vmanner. L i

the plow 0r cultivator Vunit inthe act of traversing "the field klandfbeing operatively connected 'tofone A of thev vehicles,y the dotted lines representing theposition ,of ,therespecf tiveparts .when theplowing or 'cultivating means is positioned'in the next row. Figure 2y is an enlarged detail view'ot one' of the'vehic'les 'showingthe plow-or cultivator unit. after the same has traversed one row and disclosing .themeans foi-raising the unitl to. facilitate the 'reverse positioning of the same',rthe rdotted lines disclosing the unit in its raised position. t e Y `Figure Sfi'sv aview. similar. Vto Figur-e152 showing the plow yor cultivatorl unit inA its l and advantages ofthi'sv in- I.k lFigure 51': is a topy plan view sh'owing'the tractors lat-the' opposite sides of tlielieldy and reversedypositi'on,` fready to belowered to,

traverse afrow, and

theplowor-cultivato'runit Y .c kIn the drawings,` whereinfor the purpose ot'illustration isshown aypreferred embodies. ment of my invention, the vnumerals l` and 2 Figure .4 is an enlarged side elevation ,of -v designate; generally two motor drivenk trac-v i Y tors .of any V`conventional construction and which vehicles are adapted to move substanf tially parallelvto each otherover paths at-each Ysidejofa ieldAi that isl toy beplowed-- 'This' [arrangement iscle'arlyqshown-in Figurel of the drawings. ",As'j'ea'ch ofthe vehicles is-"ot` the sameconstruction, the description of. one

is -t-hought to suflicerfor the description 'fof both. z Each vehicleis' equipped witha motor,1f p

at right fllslasA with .respect 'the power V` shaft-8 and is adapted. to carry atV its lower designated by the numeral-12.

end, a drum or winch 5, the purpose of which.l 4will be hereinafter morefully described.

Loesely. mounted on the power shaft 3'is drum -6 and appropriate clutching means may be provided tor operatively connecting' the drum 6 with-therdrive shaft 3 whereby the drum 6 will be'operated simultaneously withthe power v shaftfand'the lever for controlling this clutclimechanism is shown at 7 in Figure 2.

lntermeshing gears 8 'and 9 .are associated with the power shaft 3 and the relatively disposed driven `shalftfl for connecting the same together and a clutch mechanism shown generally at 10 is associa-ted with the shattl'.`

An elongated cable'is fastened at one end to each drum or winch 5, the cable that is associated with the drum carried by theve-V The plow or cultivator unit may be and'gisV prererably provided with a steering mechanism 15 to enable the occupant of theseat 16 to steer the unit-while the same is in operation. The earth engaging implements attached tothe frame of the unit' 14 are shown at 17. r` f AIn order tofadapt this plow or cultivator unit t-o my improved system or method of' cultivating or plowing the ground, there is arranged on the frame ofthe unit 14 a superrame structure 1S that supports the longitudinally extending beam 19,y the. forward V end thereot'being directed downwardly as at 2() while the rear end of Vthis beam is disposed laterally as at 2l. An eye member 22 is suspended from the lower end VVof the de'- pending portion 2() and carried-by the freel end ot the laterally disposedv arm 21 is a similar hoolr receiving eye 23. The outer end' portion of the laterally disposed arm 21 is disposed downwardly.

The method by Vwhich "l propose to. plow up a' large tract ot land byk my improx'ed apparatus may be briefly stated 'as follows.

The vehicle 1 is positioned at one side of the;

lield A while the vehicle 2 positioned at .the opposite side of the lield and forwardly ot' theY vehicle 1. lith the vehiclesV thus arranged the Vplowing 'or cultivating unit 14 is initially positioned at the edge of the Vfield remotely'opposite the vehicle 1. Y The cable l11 that is unwound from the'winc'h 5 has its hook 13 engaged in the eye 22' while the'eye 23 associated with tHe-laterally' eX- tending arm 21 is connected to the hook carried by the freeV end of the cable 12.

ANew when the shaft irais driven, the winch or drum 'on the vehiclel will cause the cable 11 to be wound around the winch and at the saine time will move the plow or cultivator` unit lt'across the iield with the plows or -cultivators'l digging up the soil. At-

the same time, the cable 12 will become un- ;wo'und from; its drunrandithis arrn 21 will tend toflayA the cable 12 in the next adjacent .row .that is to beplowed. The 'arm 2 1 is ot' such height as to clear the growing crops, thusv obviating-'the' necessity of having to manually litt the cable'12 upwardly over the crops. V l

After the'plow or cultivator unit 14 has traversed oneA row andthe saine reaches lthe side et the vehicle 1, as shown in the full lines in Figure 2 the lunitl inust be raised and reversed prior'to the plowing of vthe next adjacent row vat this end, and means is provided for effecting the raising of the plow or cultivator unit. This means as associated with each vehicle comprisesa beam 25 that extcndsbeyond Vone side of each vehicle at the top-thereof and ablocl: and tackle 2t suspended from the outer end of each beam. Any appropriate suspension means such shown at 27 may beattached'to the frame ot rthe unit 14 for attachment to the hoek ot. the lower block 28 and a cable 29 that is associated with the block and tackle is attached to the drum 6 and when the clutch lever 7 is actuated to operatively connect the drum 7 with" the power shaft 3, the block and tackle will raise the unit 14 to the' position shown in the dotted lines in'Figure 2. lVhile in its raised position, it is reversed i and placed in position for its return trip across the field.

lVhile the unit'l is Vin the air, the vehicle 1 is moved to the position shown-inthe dotted iines'inL Figure 1 so as to be ahead o'ii .the

vehicle 2 and directly in line with the second row that is to be cultivated with reference to the row that has just been plowed y.up by the unit 14:.

lVhen. the parts are arranged as shown in the-dotted lines in Figure 2, the cable 12 is connected tothe eye"22`while the cable 11 is connected to the eye 23 and then the winch 5 associated with the vehicle 2 is brought into Operation to wind up the cable 12and Ato Vsimultaneously move the plow or cultivator unit 14 across the li'eld toward the vehicle 2. At the same time, the cable 11 will be .unwoun'd tromI its winch or drinn softhat said cable will be deposited in the next row that isto be plowed.

Itis of course kto be understood 'that the izo laterally'disposed arm 21 is so associated CIL thck super-frame structure 18 soA that" whenV the plow or cultivatorv unit travels. across the field said 'laterally disposed arm willatall times be disposedon the unplowed side.

n This method is repeated until the entire ield'has beenAv cultivated. i The provision oi" an apparatus oi. the above mentioned charac- `terffor carrying out improved method ot' cultivating or plowing a large'tract ot land will save considerable time and labor and at the saine time ellicientlycultivate the land.

The simplicity of my apparatus enables the ,parts to be readily and easily connected and disconnected 'and no material operations are necessary in order to equip conventional plow or ycultivator unit with the necessary attachments theretoto permit connection of the unit with the respective vehicles that travel along the respectivesides or' the lield. lllhile l have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that yminor'changesfin' the size, shape andV arrangement oli" parts may be resorted. to

without departing from the spirit lof the invention. and the scope olf the appended l. ln combination, two vehicles adapted to 1 be ypositioned at opposite sides of a` large tract ofland to be plowed, a plowunitffor u movement across the land between the vehicles, a rotary winch mounted on each 'vehielo, a cable attached at one end to each winch, means for connecting the free ends of the cables with the units for unwinding one cable from its winch while the lother is being wound uponits winchto draw the unit across the land, and a hoist carried by each vehicle f` including a block and tackle adapted to be s v ground.

connected withthe'cable engaging means of the lplow unit whereby they plow may be raised to an elevated position and after being reversed and transported to a new position returned to a lowered position upon the taneously and alternately winding and un-` winding theV cables with respect :to their yWinches during the movementbf tlicfunit across the land,v and a hoist carriedvby each vehicle Yfor raising the plowing unit outof engagement with the ground aiter the same has reached one side of theland andV permit' reverse positioning of 'the unit whilein. a suspended` position while'the vehicle carrying thev unit lis movedeforwardly. Y

3. In combination, two vehicles adapted to be pos-tionedat oppositesides oa' 'large respective winch, means'carried' by the unit vehicle.

tra-etici 'land `to 'be plowed, a movement acrossthe land between the ve# hicles, a rotary winchgmounted on each vehicle, cableseach attached aty one end toa engageable with thefree'ends of the -cables J 'for simultaneously and alternatelyv winding plow unit :ik

and unwindi'ngthe vcables with respect to' their Winches during the movement of' the unit across the track, and meanscarried by the unitforconnectlon tothe `cable'that is iin-wound from its winch to constitute a guide er Means orjcultivating a large tract ot landcornpris-ing vehicles vdisposed at opposite where the unit isto be positioned whenfplow Aing the next. adjacent row eiland.

sides of the track out of opposedrelation to each other andprogressively moved along sidesofthe tractv to alternately -dispose one vehicle in advance otthefother, a winch carried/by each `vehicle including-a winding drum, cables ywound upon said drums and adapted Lto extend across thetract in opposite l' directions 'inspaced substantially parallel re# lation to each-other and'one being wound I upon its druinwhiletheother isl being un` wound, a portab-le earth working implement, a frame extending upwardly from said implement and adapted to be 'engaged by the cable s to bewound upon its drum and drawn across the tract, meansicarried bysaid frame to en* gage the other loable and, draw the same across the tract asr4 the implement is moved,

andl means carried by each vehicle to lift the Vimplement and'support the same in an elevated positionwhile the vehiclecarryingthe Y implement is moved to an advanced position.`

5. Means Lfor cultivating a large tract'of land comprising vehicles disposed at opposite sides of the tract out of opposed relation to each other and progressively moved along sides of'tlie-'trajctto alternately. dispose, one vehicle in advance ot' the other, a winchcarried by each vehicle including` a winding drum,' cables wound kupon said drums and adaptedtoextend across the tract in opposite directions'in spaced substantially parallel reuponits drum' while the other isbeing unwound, a portable earth working implement, a frame lextending upwardly from said implement and adapted yto be engaged by "thek cable to be wound upon its drum and drawn across the tract, an arm pivoted atene end to said `frame, and movable to a position exi"` tending from a selected side of the implement for f engagement fby a ycable to be unwound and implementlifting means carried by each testimonywhereot I aiix my signature.l

yJose GOMEZ `Y vIRTo.

`lationto each other and oneV being wound* 

